Method for making dolls&#39; heads and limbs.



BENJAMIN GOIZDENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

METHOD FOR MAKING DOLI HEADS AND LIMBS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Q Be it known that I, BENJAMIN GOLDEN- BERG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of New York, county and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods for MakingDolls Heads and Limbs, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to an improved method of making heads andlimbs of dolls and more especially to preventing the coloring of thecheeks and eyes and other decoration from running or rubbing off whenwet.

Heretofore in the manufacture of dolls it has been customary to employ amaterial for the heads and limbs including as'ingredients materials suchas glue with or without glycerin and having a filler such as zinc oxidwith or without the addition of some kind of wax. The parts were thensuitably decorated by painting in the cheeks, eyes, etc.

, Finally they were dipped in collodion and after drying were ready forthe market. The great difficulty with this method was that thedecoration when moistened, rubbed ofi", even the moisture of the fingersbeing su'flicient, so that the doll in the hands of the child soon lostits decoration. This defect of the old process has been recognized foryears, efforts have been continually made to remedy it but withoutsuccess, until I discovered my presentprocess. In the light of thisdiscovery it seems that the difliculty with the old process was that theoil paints constituting the decoration themselves insoluble, wereapplied directly upon a. water-soluble composition, viz: the aforesaidglue filler material. The result was that the thereafter applied coatingof collodion was insuflicient to prevent the paint from rubbing off fromsaid-soluble and therefore imperfect and impermanent base. At any rate,my present process discovered as stated only after years of search,obviates the defect of the old process and in its preferred form is asfollows: The doll parts made of some such material as the aforesaid gluecomposition suitably tinted to the desired flesh tint are first dippedinto a solution of gun cotton in amyl acetate. This being permitted todry, they the finished parts. my present process, the shellac layer isout- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 28, 1911.Application filed August 10, 1910. Serial No. 576,583.

base, but to that base rendered insoluble or at least protected from thedirect action of moisture by a coating insoluble in water. Further itwill be noted that the oil paints are protected against rubbing offunder direct abrasion by a superimposed coating,

preferably shellac. Furthermore the shellac being insoluble in water,reinforces the firstnamed insoluble coating.

As an additional advantage of the present process the tendency to aglassy appearance of the parts made under the old process is avoided,this having been due to the fact that the collodion was the outermostlayer in In the parts made under ermost and gives a non-glassyflesh-like texture thereto, especially if the percentage of the shellacin the wood alcohol solution be kept low.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The method of making dolls heads and limbs consisting in molding saidparts out of a composition comprising glue and a filler,

coating said parts with an amyl acetate solution of gun cotton,thereafter decorating the parts with oil paints and finally coating thedecorated parts with a wood alcohol solution of shellac.

2. The method of making dolls heads and limbs consisting in molding saidparts out of a composition comprising glue and a filler, coating saidparts with a solution of guncotton, thereafter decorating the parts withoil paints and finally coating the decorated parts with a solution ofshellac.

3. The method of making dolls heads and.

limbs consisting in molding said parts out of a'composition comprisingglue and a filler,

coating said parts with a film of material insoluble in water, andthereafter decorating decorated parts with another film which is theparts with oil paints. insoluble in water and is transparent. 1G 4. Themethod of making dolls heads and In testimony where0f,.I. have affixedmy limbs consisting in molding said parts out of slgnature 1n thepresence of two wltnesses.

a composition comprising glue and a filler; BENJAMIN GOLDENBERG. [L. 8.]coating said parts with a film of material in- Witnesses soluble inwater; thereafter decorating the JACOB LASESER,

parts with oil paints and finally coating the AGNES BRADLEY.

